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Best Chiasmus Poems

Below are the all-time best Chiasmus poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of chiasmus poems written by PoetrySoup members

Chiasmus: Height
To be under 6 foot is better than being 6 foot under…...

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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chiasmus, life,
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Shepherd: Chiasmus
I am the good shepherd;
    the sheep are my life.
He who is hired
    does not own the sheep,
Sees the...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chiasmus, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
Quantum Chiasmus
They are not the same person they married
When time was so kind and their hearts were too
In love to notice the flaws they carried.

Our lovers...

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Categories: chiasmus, divorce, emotions, forgiveness, love
Form: Iambic Pentameter
My Friends In Poetry
Dear Alliteration, 
First friend, foremost;
Forgetting not,
Shy Allegory, 
Dressed in Allusion; 
Sweet Anaphora, 
How I need thee! 
How I need thee!
 
And Assonance; 
Never deep asleep,...

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Categories: chiasmus, art, education, on writing
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Life
I live to die then, I die to live again


For David Williams' "Chiasmus Contest"
03/23/2012
6th Place Winner...

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Categories: chiasmus, confusion, life,
Form: Monoku

Enjoy
In life there is much laughter, however, life is no laughing proposition.


For "Chiasmus" contest sponsored by David Williams....

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© George Aul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chiasmus, life, life,
Form: Monoku
Give Your All
It is better to give all to God than to expect God to give all to you
For if you give all to God, God will...

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Categories: chiasmus, devotion, faith, god, god,
Form: Couplet
Epigrams V
Epigrams

Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.

Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch

If...

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Categories: chiasmus, giggle, humor, humorous, irony,
Form: Epigram
People
People have one thing in common, they're all different!


D. Williams Chiasmus Contest...

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Categories: chiasmus, philosophy,
Form: Monoku
In the Courtroom
He forgot to remember her name
but remembered to forget her claim.


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Contest:Chiasmus

Date:10th March 2012...

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© Kash Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chiasmus, people,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Impounding Ego
On the greatness of humility some expound,
but still fail to leave their egos at the impound.



*Entry for David's Chiasmus contest...

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Categories: chiasmus, funny,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Lemonade Makes a Lemon
When lemonade makes a lemon you hand life!

Entrant into David Williams' "Chiasmus" contest

3/7/2012...

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Categories: chiasmus, life,
Form: Monoku
Tempus Fugit
TEMPUS     FUGIT



In a short life why must men be grave?  We must all be grave men  shortly.


. . ....

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Categories: chiasmus, philosophy, men,
Form: Monoku
Laura's Aural
It came bending her ear that He wore the crown and as she was leaving upon hearing  bowed to the crown  - Chiasmus...

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© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chiasmus, allegory,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Redamancy Lament
emotions are coursing over gnarled Travertine rocks 
surreal 
tears are my broken dream’s shards 
scattered on a barren soil

as my beloved rests in eternal sleep...

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Categories: chiasmus, africa, analogy, grief, lost,
Form: Suzette Prime

Book: Shattered Sighs